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As a 600-page doorstopper celebrates their groundbreaking costumes, gigs, sleeves and videos, the duo talk about ‘side-stepping the pop-star thing’ – and the naked trampolinist EMI had to censorIn 1988, when he was 20, Wolfgang Tillmans tore an A0 poster off a...
The Greens, Reform and the end of two-party politics? – podcast
In part two of our interview, Kiran Stacey speaks to the political scientist Prof Rob Ford about the voters Labour and the Conservatives are losing to the Greens and Reform, and how May’s elections could play outBuy Prof Robert Ford’s latest book, The British General...
Sick pay rule changes to benefit up to 9.6m UK workers, TUC says
Union says new entitlements, part of Employment Rights Act 2025, will help lower-income householdsUp to 9.6 million UK workers are to benefit from the changes to sick pay rules, according to unions. They say the policy has widespread support from voters despite...
We’ve gone mad for puzzles. This makes sense – it’s reassuring to have answers in these perplexing times | Joseph de Weck
Our world feels chaotic, confusing and unfair, but puzzles offer clear rules, solvable problems and reward for effort expendedMaybe you’ve noticed it too. Everyone seems to have become fixated on puzzle games. In the morning, over coffee, I play Word Wheel on the...